Welcome to Monte Albán -- The Beautiful Archaeological Site
and Protector of Oaxaca!

Just six miles from the city of Oaxaca lies Monte Albán, one of the very
first cities in the new world. Founded approximately 500 years before the birth
of Christ, the city grew and dominated the valleys of Oaxaca up to 750 a.d. It
was the capital of the ‘cloud people’, the Zapotecs, for over a
millennium.